Dinner with Convener John Washburn

Thursday, March 6, 2014 • 7:00 PM • See descriptionDuke Law Events

Please join HRLS and ACS for dinner and casual conversation with John Washburn, Convener of the American NGO Coalition for the ICC, at Mellow Mushroon (410 Blackwell Street). The event is capped at 10 students. Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1U7taJzkBY14h2Sd46rOoUt8L5Uyi9J2DHVLwzTr.... This is a great opportunity to engage with an individual who has had an extensive career in diplomacy and foreign policy. Mr. Washburn is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He attended most of the United Nations negotiations on the ICC since 1994. At the United Nations, he was a director in the Executive Office of the Secretary General between 1988 and 1993 and was the director of the Department of Political Affairs until March 1994. He was also a member of the U.S. Foreign Service for almost twenty years, during which he served as Night Shift Chairman of the Iran Hostage Task force in 1979. He has recently co-authored at book titled "Negotiating the International Criminal Court."